HONG KONG: Hong Kong faced a third straight day of traffic disruptions after protesters went on another rampage in various districts.Commuters packed onto the first trains yesterday morning amid calls by protesters to impede rush hour traffic. Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam has vowed not to give in to violent protests. Some bus services were cancelled or diverted as Tolo Highway had yet to be re-opened. At illegal gatherings in Central, Kowloon Tong, Tai Po and Mong Kok, radicals built barricades, put nails on roads, set fire and destroyed pavement and traffic lights. A large group of radicals gathered in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), holding chain saws and bamboo sticks.

Source: The Star November 14, 2019 01:12 UTC